In sum, detention reform has been undermined by ICE's over-reliance
on penal incarceration practices and by local ICE field office
resistance of reform policies. The report determined that detained
immigrants are frequently mistreatment by detention officers, immigrants
have limited access to counsel, and in many facilities there is
insufficient medical care available. There is also a practice of misuse
of solitary confinement, and there are reports of other degrading
treatment in the facilities.